Apparatus for washing wool.



No. 667,23l. Patented Feb. 5, mm. H. a. LAYNG. 4

APPARATUS FOR WASHING WOOL (Application'flled May 15, 1900.)

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HENRY GRANT LAYNG, OF SOUTH AMBOY, NEW JERSEY.

APPARATUS FOR WASHING WOOL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 667,231, dated February5, 1901.

Application filed May 15,1900. Serial No. 16,773. (No model.)

T0 at whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY GRANT LAYNG, a citizen of the United States,residing at South Amboy, in the countyof Middlesex and State of NewJersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Apparatusfor Washing Wool, &c., of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to that class of apparatus intended for washingwool, cotton, pith, and other materials; and my invention consists of anapparatus in which there is a narrow trough for receiving the material,a conveyer for carrying it along the trough, and means for injectingstreams of wash liquor against the advancing material, so as to subjectthe material to the action of fresh wash liquor and reduce the amount ofliquor required, as fully set forth hereinafter and as illustrated inthe accompanying drawing, in which the figure is a longitudinal view, inpart section,illustrating one form in which my improved apparatus may beembodied.

The material to be operated upon is conveyed alongatrough H, of anysuitable form and arranged either horizontally or inclined, and ismaintained in motion through the medium of any suitable conveyer. Asshown the conveyer is an endless belt B, provided with a series of armscarrying flights or wings Gr, conforming in outline to the transversesectional form of the trough, the said belt passing around wheels I Eand supported intermediate these wheels, if necessary, by one or moreidler-wheels F. The wheels I E or either of the same may be driven fromany suitable source of power, so as to impart a continuous travelingmotion to the conveyer in the direction of its arrow.

In order that the material which is carried by the conveyer along thetrough I-I may be washed without making use of large volumes of waterand without bringing the water charged with impurities into repeatedcontact with the main body of the material,I inject streams of waterupon the material as it passes along the trough, which latter ispreferably the water by gravity either from the lower end of the troughor through openings m at the bottom of the trough. The water isconducted to the trough through a pipe D, provided with openings ornozzles a, one or more, arranged to direct streams of water toward theadvancing material. It will be seen that the water from the first streampasses away from the body of the material before the latter advances tothe second stream, so that the material is subjected to successivestreams of fresh cleansing liquid and is not, therefore, brought intocontact with liquid saturated with impurities, as is the case when thematerial is immersed in a tank, as usual, and it will further be seenthat by the means described the cleansing is effected without thenecessity of employing so large a volume of water as is required by theuse of ordinary apparatus.

Without limiting myself to the precise construction and arrangement ofparts shown, I claim as my invention- 1. A washing apparatus consistingof a trough adapted to receive material to be washed, a conveyer forfeeding the material along the said trough, and a pipe for conveying thewash liquor provided with nozzles arranged to inject streams of theliquor against the advancing material in the trough, substantially asset forth. 2. The combination in a washing apparatus, of a trough, abelt conveyer provided with arms supporting flights adapted to thetrough, wheels supporting the conveyer above the trough, and a pipe forconveying wash liquor provided with nozzles arranged to project streamsof said liquor against the advancing material, substantially as setforth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

HENRY GRANT LAYNG.

Witnesses:

L. MORRISON, THEODORE M. HILL.

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